Spoiler alert: If you didn't watch "Top Chef New Orleans" on Wednesday, Jan. 8, take care. This post contains spoilers.

Tension built on social media as "Top Chef New Orleans" built to its climax on Wednesday night. Fans on Twitter and Facebook were divided into two camps: Those who felt Nicholas Elmi should resign and those who felt he deserved the immunity he earned last week.

The six remaining chefs were divided into two teams: Oui and Si. Each cooked multicourse meals inspired by France and Spain. Team Spanish, or Si, won, with Brian Huskey, Nina Compton and Carlos Gaytan. Compton won the episode.

Team French, or Oui, featuring Elmi, Shirley Chung and Stephanie Cmar, lost, with the judges singling out Elmi as making the worst dishes.

With Elmi having immunity, that meant it would be Chung and Cmar who would face elimination.

Judges praised Chung's mousse, saying it was the best dish of the night. They praised Cmar as well, but, in the end, sent her home.

During judging, guest judge Jacques Pepin asked Elmi if he thought he should resign because he had actually produced the worst dishes of the night, but Elmi replied that he had earned his immunity.

As the judges debated the fate of the two female chefs, Tom Colicchio said, “I hope Nicholas comes out here and falls on his sword.” But, he later asserted that indeed immunity was part of the competition.